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. 2009 Jan 13;100(1):174-7.
doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604842.

Second primary cancers in patients with skin cancer: a population-based study in Northern Ireland

M M Cantwell  1 , L J Murray, D Catney, D Donnelly, P Autier, M Boniol, C Fox, R J Middleton, O M Dolan, A T Gavin
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Second primary cancers in patients with skin cancer: a population-based study in Northern Ireland

M M Cantwell et al. Br J Cancer. .

Abstract

Among all 14,500 incident cases of basal cell carcinoma (BCC), 6405 squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) and 1839 melanomas reported to the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry between 1993 and 2002, compared with the general population, risk of new primaries after BCC or SCC was increased by 9 and 57%, respectively. The subsequent risk of cancer, overall, was more than double after melanoma.

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